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opening ceremony
HSK 5
the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting)
HSK 5
screen (TV, computer or movie)
HSK 6
closing ceremony
HSK 5
to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
prologue
HSK 7-9
opening ceremony
TV screen
inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal
HSK 7-9
movie screen
HSK 7-9
barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre)
insider trading / insider dealing
(fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for
announce the items on a (theatrical) program
to spread a smokescreen
nightfall
the curtain drops / the end of the show
behind the scenes
HSK 7-9
subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
HSK 7-9
touchscreen
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
aides and advisors of top officials
malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand
opening and closing ceremonies
tent
opening ceremony / unveiling
opening speech (at a conference)
darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
heavy curtain
curtain of night / gathering darkness
smoke bomb
curtain wall (architecture)
(orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
play in several acts / full-length drama
screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw)
to manipulate from behind the scenes / to pull the strings
curtain of rain / downpour
opening / unveiling
smokescreen / fig. a diversion
hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)
screensaver
(railway) platform screen doors / platform-edge doors
government advisor
screen (movie theater etc)
(theater) curtain
(cinema, TV) behind-the-scenes footage; bonus features; making-of clips (e.g. bloopers, outtakes, cast interviews or production footage)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幕* | 幕* | *幕
curtain or screen / canopy or tent / headquarters of a general / act (of a play)
HSK 7-9
mousse (loanword)
360° cinema screen
(Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc)
touchscreen / touch panel
to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end
Muromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns
touchscreen
screensaver (Tw)
hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets
screen / backdrop
closing speech (at the conclusion of a conference, sports tournament etc)
wide-screen movie
Kamakura shogunate 1192-1333
touchscreen
interval (between acts in theater)
screensaver (Tw)
tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent)
water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification)
canopy
final scene (of a play) / denouement
green screen
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幕* | 幕* | *幕
old variant of / curtain / screen
HSK 7-9


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